Stamatis Voulgaris

Stamatis Voulgaris
Born1774
Died1842
NationalityFrench
EducationCollège des Quatre-Nations
Atelier of Jacques-Louis David
Occupation(s)Military officer
Urbanist
Architect
Painter
Known forMorea expedition (1828)
First urban plan of the city of Patras, Greece (1829)
TitleLieutenant colonel of the French Army
HonoursKnight of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the Order of Saint Louis

Stamatis Voulgaris or Stamati Bulgari (Greek: Σταμάτης Βούλγαρης), was a painter, an architect and the first urban planner of modern Greece. He was born in Lefkimmi in the island of Corfu, Venetian Ionian Islands in 1774, and died in 1842. He was also an officer in the French army and had been also granted French nationality.[1]

  1. ^ Birēs, Manos G.; Kardamitsē-Adamē, Marō (2004). Neoclassical Architecture in Greece. Getty Publications. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-89236-775-7.